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Loop Mobile has put its first step out of the Mumbai circle. After gaining a pan-India license, Loop Mobile has announced their first destinations – Tamil Nadu and Orissa. This makes them the first operator amongst the freshly acquired licensees.

Loop Telecom will also be soft launching the service in three other states by mid June: Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. The sequence of circles launch is in sync with the sequence of the spectrum allocation.

In an attempt to make the best of the situation, theDoT might just allow more operators to bid for spectrum in the 3G auction. The body has decided that it would accomodate more operators in circles, in which additional capacities exist. These additional spots would help the government to get more money and, on the same hand, make the game more competitive.

Going into specifics, it was expected that the number of operatorswhich could be accomodated would be 2-4. However, it was found some more operators could fit into circles like Kolkata, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. The new numbers making the rounds are 6-8, which means twice the competition.

It is a smart tactic followed by operators to have SMS rates priced high and then offer attractive SMS packs being made available to them. The same is being followed by Spice. Here is a look at its really attractive SMS packs:

Rs. 30 – 300 local SMS free and 50paise thereafter

Rs. 60 – 500 Local and National SMS free and 50 paise thereafter

Rs.99 – 1000 Local and National SMS free and 50 paise thereafter

To avail this pack, you just have to send ‘REGSMS30/60/99’ (one of the three choices) to 55055.